Why do plant cells have less Mitochondria ?

Answer 1

cause they dont move around - running, walking, flying, crawling, all this needs much energy to be burned in short time. plants live kinda slowly compared to you or me.

of course they have mitochondria. there are just so many people who think that if they photosynthetize, they dont do anything else beside this process. But thats not true. When plants photosynthetize, it is like when we eat food - getting energy and mass from outside and transforming it into our body. Respiration is burning the stored sources of energy to have free energy available for whatever process where it is needed. Practically every living plant cell has mitochondria and performs respiration, exceptions are few if any. the more need for energy, the more mitochondria are formed to meet the demand, so the mitochondria count per cell may vary a lot, even without one plant, one type of tissue.

Answer 2

Plants have to have mitochondria. (I cant believe someone would say they dont)!


The mitochondria is where ATP, the cells energy is produced. These is done by using two membranes and placing lots of hydrogen atoms in the middle (creating a proton gradient). Mitochondria move the hydrogen to the space between the membranes by utilizing energy from the break down of glucose (sugar). This places the hydrogen at a very high energy state. To release this energy the hydrogen travels through a channel in the membrane back inside the mitochondria. When this happens the release of energy is harvested to make ATP.

Plants have chloroplasts and like mitochondria they have more than one membrane. This allows for them to create a proton gradient. chloroplasts trap light energy and convert this into high energy molecules, like sugar. They also convert the light into the same types of molecules that create the proton gradient of the mitochondria. Chloroplasts act similarly to mitochondria in that they both produce ATP.

However a plant needs both mitochondria and chloroplast because photosynthesis does not take place at night and the plant still needs to get ATP from somewhere. The chloroplast can only produce ATP while it is performing photosynthesis, that's why it makes sugar too. So it has something to turn into energy when it is dark.

Answer 3

Ok honestly none of theese answers seem correct based on what i'm learning. From what i know ( yea i know i may be wrong in still LEARNING) plant cells either have the same amount of mitochondria, or they have less because they have chloroplasts that convert the suns light into energy (photosynthesis) so they do not need the mitochondria to make more energy for them they only need a few. Think about muscle cells, they have more mitochondria because they need more energy to support they cells tissue which makes up the organ because their job requires a lot of energy. Think about the structure and function. The structure HELPS THE function, or the structure SUPPORTS THE function.

Answer 4

Mitochondria- This is the cell’s powerhouse. This organelle packages the energy of the food into ATP molecules.
Every type of cell has a different amount of mitochondria.. There are more mitochondria in cells that have to perform lots of work, for example- your leg muscle cells, heart muscle cells etc. Other cells need less energy to do their work and have less mitochondria.

Answer 5

Plants do not have mitochondria. Essentially, mitochondria allow us to use oxygen to unlock energy stored in fats, protiens, and carbohydrates. Pants use an entirely different process (photosynthesis) which outputs oxygen, rather than requiring it. Interestingly, it is theorized that complex plant life developed before complex animal life. In fact, complex animal life may never have been possible without mitochondria.

Answer 6

While animal cells produce ATP to provide energy for the source cell (itself) and for the organism, the plant need only produce ATP for that cell to continue living. Chloroplasts in the plant cell process the glucose for the plant to produce energy. (BTW- Plants DO have mitochonrdia, see source pic)

Answer 7

Mitochondria is usually found in organisms requiring a lot of energy for mobility or other types of mechanical movement.

Answer 8

Most likely due to spatial considerations and the presence of chloroplasts, which also aid in energy conversion for plants to survive.

Answer 9

Because they do not need as much energy as animal cells.

Answer 10

He said 'pants' use a different process... not 'plants', but 'pants'. Look at it again. I know he misspelled it, but it's funny.